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daddy, why does john mccain hate you? that is tough. he is a great guy. >> you were in denver when mitt romney and barack obama were debating. michael was hosting a beer bash downtown with ken bock, for whom you did the robo call. they seem to be doing ok. john mccain, a former candidate for president of the united but -- of the states. >> loser. >> and we are here to talk about benghazi. you have been on immigration since before it was cool. you have been battling it. i happen to be in the hagel hearings, and you talked about the iraq surged and needing one vote. i remember the mccain-kennedy immigration reform vote when you needed a last vote, and it did not come. you have been struggling along time about the future face of the country. when to solve a lot of insoluble problems. we are back at it. i am interested in how this will play out between you and president obama. how will you get it done this time? >> i think we will. by the way, and when we are doing immigration, i think of ted kennedy all the time. >> is there a ted kennedy
daddy, why does john mccain hate you? that is tough. he is a great guy. >> you were in denver when mitt romney and barack obama were debating. michael was hosting a beer bash downtown with ken bock, for whom you did the robo call. they seem to be doing ok. john mccain, a former candidate for president of the united but -- of the states. >> loser. >> and we are here to talk about benghazi. you have been on immigration since before it was cool. you have been battling it. i...
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i am more in the john mccain camp than the president. the president would say, as he did yesterday, that not just he but the international community and congress has set a red line about the use of these weapons. we cannot sit back and allow them to be used without taking some kind of action. if we don't they will be used again. john kerry said yesterday in the house, the foreign affairs committee meeting that there is a 100 or send chance that if we don't do something they will be used again. the mccain frame of reference is a bit skeptical about this. it is concerned, that a one and done attack will not necessarily the terror assad -- will not nest -- will not necessarily deter assad. what will we do to assure that two days of attacks will have the effect that we say it is going to have? john mccain is calling for -- this is a civil war, this will not end until one side wins. we have to decide which side we are on. and support that side to win. he argues for much greater support for the free syrian army. he says, the last time that he
i am more in the john mccain camp than the president. the president would say, as he did yesterday, that not just he but the international community and congress has set a red line about the use of these weapons. we cannot sit back and allow them to be used without taking some kind of action. if we don't they will be used again. john kerry said yesterday in the house, the foreign affairs committee meeting that there is a 100 or send chance that if we don't do something they will be used again....
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then assistant authority leader in 2005. >> i have my own ideas about working with john mccain for many years. >> the nuclear option, describe the circumstances with the nuclear option just so our viewers can better understand what the nuclear option was and what likelihood is there we will have to face those questions again? >> the republicans came up with a way to change our country forever. they made a decision if they didn't get every judge they wanted, they would make the senate like the house of representatives. a legislature were a simple majority could determine hatever happens. whatever they wanted, they get done. the rules allow that. the senate was set up to be different. that was the genius. that this legislature had two different duties. one was to pour the coffee. that is why you have the ability to filibuster and to terminate filibuster. they wanted to get rid of hat. >> is there any likelihood we will face circumstances like that? >> as long as i am the leader, the answer is no. we should forget that. it is a black chapter in the history of the senate. i really do believ
then assistant authority leader in 2005. >> i have my own ideas about working with john mccain for many years. >> the nuclear option, describe the circumstances with the nuclear option just so our viewers can better understand what the nuclear option was and what likelihood is there we will have to face those questions again? >> the republicans came up with a way to change our country forever. they made a decision if they didn't get every judge they wanted, they would make the...
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we had an interview about finance and another about john mccain. they do this all the time. i approve of president obama. i approve of everything george bush did. msnbc ran the video tape of the centerrash at the trade and ended with the other crashes. for four hours. americans should be asked to run this -- to watch this rerun. i'm tired of hearing about civil liberties when we talk about -- just sit down and watch that your pet will tell you yes or no wish to do this kind of surveillance. in "the newad story york times," -- the article goes on to say -- back to the phones. bill is on our caller: line for independents -- bill is on our line for independence. -- independents. caller: thank you for c-span. is whent i want to make they get to the point where they are taking all of your freedoms away and your rights to privacy what would our founding fathers say? the 55 people that signed the declaration of independence that was critical to our independence. if their rights had been violated back in those days, the minute those folks signed the declaration of independence of th
we had an interview about finance and another about john mccain. they do this all the time. i approve of president obama. i approve of everything george bush did. msnbc ran the video tape of the centerrash at the trade and ended with the other crashes. for four hours. americans should be asked to run this -- to watch this rerun. i'm tired of hearing about civil liberties when we talk about -- just sit down and watch that your pet will tell you yes or no wish to do this kind of surveillance. in...
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mccain? aye. >> mr. rich? >> no. >> mr. rubio? >> no. >> mr. frank? >> no. >> mr. mccain? no. paul? >> no. the clerk will report. 7 nays.es, one present. >> the vote yesterday in the senate foreign relations committee approving the limited authorization of electric force against syria. c-span town hall tonight. one last time during the summer recess. women taking time to hear from you on issues of politics and policy. we're going to focus on syria. we are going to ask you how you tell your congressman how to vote when they return next week. here is to join in the conversation this evening. >> make sure you meet your television if you call in. to join the conversation on twitter, the hashtag is #cspanchat. -- how would you tell your member of congress how to vote? what is ahead is a look at highlights from the main hearings this week. the senate foreign relations committee, and the house foreign affairs committee hearing from the same trio. we will show you the highlights from this week and look at the week ahead next week in the house and senate on the issue of syria. we will hear a
mccain? aye. >> mr. rich? >> no. >> mr. rubio? >> no. >> mr. frank? >> no. >> mr. mccain? no. paul? >> no. the clerk will report. 7 nays.es, one present. >> the vote yesterday in the senate foreign relations committee approving the limited authorization of electric force against syria. c-span town hall tonight. one last time during the summer recess. women taking time to hear from you on issues of politics and policy. we're going to focus on...
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john mccain, lindsey gramm, tom coburn, ron johnson of wisconsin. this was a collection of people that many did not expect to be with the president'. this was a few blocks from the white house. early reports was a progressive dinner. there are some reports suggesting the president has invited paul ryan to the white house as he continues his outreach to republicans. get some kind of grand compromise and perhaps approved later this year regarding an totten reform, tax reform, maybe some changes to sequestration and making sure the budget gets passed. host: the house passed the continuing resolution last night -- yesterday. guest: they did it and buy healthy margin. there are significant concerns among senate democrats about things in the house version. it is expected they will get worked out so congress can leave town to begin a two-week easter recess. there's no reason to believe there would cut into the easter recess. will be of concern is whether they will make overall cuts to what the house passed. if it is minor, we can expect to get sent back to
john mccain, lindsey gramm, tom coburn, ron johnson of wisconsin. this was a collection of people that many did not expect to be with the president'. this was a few blocks from the white house. early reports was a progressive dinner. there are some reports suggesting the president has invited paul ryan to the white house as he continues his outreach to republicans. get some kind of grand compromise and perhaps approved later this year regarding an totten reform, tax reform, maybe some changes...
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senator john mccain also said he would not vote for the secretary unless he gets some answers on border security. then secretary of state of state john kerry was up on capitol hill along with wendy sherman, chief negotiator, and vice president joe biden talking to senators, members of congress about holding off on more iran sanctions, pleading for lawmakers to give the negotiations in geneva more time. back to our topic here for live you. the new numbers for the first month of the healthcare.gov enrollment process are out. bruce in baton rouge, louisiana, independent caller, you get to weigh in. everybody needs insurance, everybody deserves to have insurance, but what we went through, like the irs and all, what this is is in the future, and maybe not the next two or three years, it will not be long, our government -- where for we are doing, that is why they bought all those billions of bullets, even the social security administration bought 200 something million bullets. why would they want to buy that? the government is going to be able to put their hands on us and squash us when they
senator john mccain also said he would not vote for the secretary unless he gets some answers on border security. then secretary of state of state john kerry was up on capitol hill along with wendy sherman, chief negotiator, and vice president joe biden talking to senators, members of congress about holding off on more iran sanctions, pleading for lawmakers to give the negotiations in geneva more time. back to our topic here for live you. the new numbers for the first month of the...
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here is a look today at what senator john mccain and former defense secretary gates had this it. -- had to say. >> what do you think about the drone court? before the president puts a targeted terrorist on a kill list, the have to get approval from a judge. >> i do not agree. it's an encroachment on the powers of the president of united states. we need to take this program out of the hands of the social intelligence agency and but in the department of defense when you have sufficient oversight, everything built in. since when is the intelligence agency supposed to be an air force of drones to run around killing people? i believe it's a job for the department of defense. there has to be a legitimate there has to be a legitimate oversight by the congress
here is a look today at what senator john mccain and former defense secretary gates had this it. -- had to say. >> what do you think about the drone court? before the president puts a targeted terrorist on a kill list, the have to get approval from a judge. >> i do not agree. it's an encroachment on the powers of the president of united states. we need to take this program out of the hands of the social intelligence agency and but in the department of defense when you have...
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"this week,"on hear john mccain and jack reed, as well as kirsten gillibrand. "2:00 p.m. fox news sunday." mike rogers, as well as congressman adam smith. ranking member of the house services committee, and rep elect mark sanford. the main republican senator, susan collins, thomas pickering, and tammy duckworth, democrat of illinois at. "face the nation," 4:00 p.m. with bob schieffer and bob gates. also on the program, assistant majority leader senator dick durbin. sunday network tv talk shows are brought to you as a public service for the network and c- span. withning at noon eastern "meet the press," 1:00 "to this week," 2:00 "fox news sunday," for clock "face the nation," and listen to them all on c-span radio, 91 fm, nationwide satellite radio channel 119, download our free app for your smart phone or go online to c- span.org/radio. >> the first first lady to earn a college degree. during the civil war she was called the mother of the regimen. opposing slavery, she influenced her husband to switch from the whig party to the anti- anti-liberale republican party. meet t
"this week,"on hear john mccain and jack reed, as well as kirsten gillibrand. "2:00 p.m. fox news sunday." mike rogers, as well as congressman adam smith. ranking member of the house services committee, and rep elect mark sanford. the main republican senator, susan collins, thomas pickering, and tammy duckworth, democrat of illinois at. "face the nation," 4:00 p.m. with bob schieffer and bob gates. also on the program, assistant majority leader senator dick durbin....
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a lot of defense hawks like lindsey gramm and john mccain are saying if we leave too few troops or no troops it would just let the caliban back in and take control in the race all of the gains the u.s. made over the past decade. -- erase all of the gains the u.s. made it. that is where the debate will be. how many troops stay. host: he spoke about some of the meetings he had. is there anything congress is looking at to try to move the process forward? caller: i know senator mitch mcconnell met with president karzai and then he took a delegation to afghanistan. the chairman of the armed services committee was also in the afghanistan with senator jack reed. i think congress will be weighing in on the debate. in addition to 2014, the more immediate concern is the way that the u.s. gets to 2014. we have 56,000 troops in afghanistan at now. the president has not said how he is going to wind up at whatever no. he is at in 2014, whether a gradual drop down or a like sum in the military has suggested, keeping a significant force there for the fighting season before you begin to draw down troo
a lot of defense hawks like lindsey gramm and john mccain are saying if we leave too few troops or no troops it would just let the caliban back in and take control in the race all of the gains the u.s. made over the past decade. -- erase all of the gains the u.s. made it. that is where the debate will be. how many troops stay. host: he spoke about some of the meetings he had. is there anything congress is looking at to try to move the process forward? caller: i know senator mitch mcconnell met...
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cindy mccain has been a leading voice against him and trafficking. i look forward to working with her and legislators to combat this problem. host: arizona gov. jim brewer. here is a comment on twitter. here is a story from local tv station wbtv in charlotte about this. it says the idea to eliminate an income tax is enticing, but if it does away the state will have to raise the sales tax. it is an idea gaining popularity with republican leaders. send us a tweet and tell us what say you are from and what you are talking about and what you have to share with us. that is @cspanwj. jamie is up next on the independent line. caller: good morning. i would like to preface by setting, can i have enough time to get my point across? we have a new governor who left congress as a member of the tea party caucus, which was headed by the likes of michelle bachman. i am pessimistic about our future at this point in time because we are pretty much being overtaken by tea partyism. the republican party could have taken over the senate if not for more -- richard burr doc
cindy mccain has been a leading voice against him and trafficking. i look forward to working with her and legislators to combat this problem. host: arizona gov. jim brewer. here is a comment on twitter. here is a story from local tv station wbtv in charlotte about this. it says the idea to eliminate an income tax is enticing, but if it does away the state will have to raise the sales tax. it is an idea gaining popularity with republican leaders. send us a tweet and tell us what say you are from...
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. >> senator mccain. >> thank you. again, thank you for allowing me the honor of introducing you to the committee and i look forward to many of our spirited conversations that we have had for many years. i didn't want to bring it up but since it was brought up, i have to respond again. americans do care. they do care. they do care why four americans were murdered and they do care why the american people were misled. they were misled by the talking points that the sec -- that secretary rice told the american people which were false. they were misled when the information that we needed to know about how those talking points were put together, which we still don't know the answers to, many months later. we were misled when it was -- when we were not allowed to -- when we don't -- still haven't gotten answers why there was not better security at the consulate when there was clear indications of the threat. we were misled when we were not told that there was a request for the 16-member security force to remain at the consul
. >> senator mccain. >> thank you. again, thank you for allowing me the honor of introducing you to the committee and i look forward to many of our spirited conversations that we have had for many years. i didn't want to bring it up but since it was brought up, i have to respond again. americans do care. they do care. they do care why four americans were murdered and they do care why the american people were misled. they were misled by the talking points that the sec -- that...
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another point i would like to and is in regard to iraq, you can find it on youtube, john mccain said we would be in and out of their in six months and here we are. and i will get off the line, is that mr. burns made the comment that both president obama and president bush were both intelligent man. as i am concerned, bush could not put a complete sentence together. thank you for letting me talk. would just say it is where would agree with you is not on your last comment, but your first comment. we should not try to act alone in the world. we are the world leader, the most powerful country militarily and economically, yet we need to have other countries help us. if we send rebels -- weapons to opposition forces, we will have help and i would agree -- share the responsibility, ask other countries to step up and paid for a lot of this. i think some of the arab on is allwill pay appropriate. we are the world leader. no country approaches us in our. -- power. because of that position, we have a responsibility to the rest of the world, and as i said before, it is in our interest to be acti
another point i would like to and is in regard to iraq, you can find it on youtube, john mccain said we would be in and out of their in six months and here we are. and i will get off the line, is that mr. burns made the comment that both president obama and president bush were both intelligent man. as i am concerned, bush could not put a complete sentence together. thank you for letting me talk. would just say it is where would agree with you is not on your last comment, but your first comment....
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also "cq weekly," taking shots at senator john mccain and ted cruz. to the phones now, vincent from charleston, south carolina. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. thisnk we can agree that country was found on judeo- christian ethics. they highly influenced this nation. that,l generations after somehow we came to the point where we cannot have that these days. it is not surprising to me at all that america is not prospering. i do not think america is going to become great because a lot of people think they are great. i think america is going to be great when they turn back to their traditional roots. every woman has to wear a long dress and a pink hat every day and all of that. -- that isying is all i have to say. host: here's the the headline one more time. one last call, benjamin from pennsylvania, republican. i would like to say one i think what is going on -- givingnowden secrets away, i think that is one example that this nation is becoming a defeatist nation. thank you for all of your calls and comments so far this morning. we ha
also "cq weekly," taking shots at senator john mccain and ted cruz. to the phones now, vincent from charleston, south carolina. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. thisnk we can agree that country was found on judeo- christian ethics. they highly influenced this nation. that,l generations after somehow we came to the point where we cannot have that these days. it is not surprising to me at all that america is not prospering. i do not think america is going to become...
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mccain, schumer, mcconnell, feinstein, these people have been in office for years and these things happen on their watch. forget the president for now. these people have been in office for tens of years. where is the accountability for these folks? it is time we get back to the business of the people, taking care of us. thank you. host: all right, jeremy. on oversight of the government and oversight of the nsa surveillance programs, we heard earlier from mike conaway, republican from texas, and he talked about there is a lot of oversight over these programs. director, general keith alexander, also in this pentagon interview talk about all the different agencies that oversee the nsa. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> now, the key part, what people miss, is first, they are collecting all that data. i explained how important the constraints are on this data set, but there is more. the oversight and compliance on these programs is greater than any other program in our government. it is from within nsa by the general counsel, the inspector general, the oversight and compliance direct
mccain, schumer, mcconnell, feinstein, these people have been in office for years and these things happen on their watch. forget the president for now. these people have been in office for tens of years. where is the accountability for these folks? it is time we get back to the business of the people, taking care of us. thank you. host: all right, jeremy. on oversight of the government and oversight of the nsa surveillance programs, we heard earlier from mike conaway, republican from texas, and...
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the president called senator mccain and myself. i see the president reaching out. everybody wants to be dr. phil about what he is doing. i am assuming the president wants to talk seriously about the issues of the day, and if he just wants to have a downturn -- a dinner to get to know each other better, that is fine with me. how do you say no to the president of the united states who wants to have dinner with you and some colleagues? you cannot. anyone who would say no would be wrong. i willingly and was honored to try to do that. where this goes, i do not know. i do believe that the president has been getting off the campaign trail, back into the normal way of doing business, talking to each other. i cannot think of any major accomplishment in america or the private or public sector where no one ever talked to each other, so i want to compliment the president for reaching out. i think he is doing the right thing. we need to stop campaigning. the election is over, but i do know where this is going. if we do not fix entitlements, all of the money, social security and
the president called senator mccain and myself. i see the president reaching out. everybody wants to be dr. phil about what he is doing. i am assuming the president wants to talk seriously about the issues of the day, and if he just wants to have a downturn -- a dinner to get to know each other better, that is fine with me. how do you say no to the president of the united states who wants to have dinner with you and some colleagues? you cannot. anyone who would say no would be wrong. i...
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many years ago in 1999 i worked for the presidential campaign of senator john mccain. what i learned is if you take the word campaign finances reform and string them together enough times you can take the most politically obsessed audience in the world and put them to sleep. kind of thingst the that voters wake up and think about. they think about streets and parks. a question for any panelist, how do you get people, voters, to focus on something that sounds like inside baseball, but could have a profound effect that the senator is talking about? >> one way to do is to let everything go to hell, which is happening now, and they can say how come we are not fixing this proved to provide a bookend for the focus on the campaign money that candidates have to raise, we can focus on what dan manchin, people's money, that congress is responsible for appropriating and budgeting. the government might not be responsible for everything, but they are certainly responsible for our money, and they are responsible for allocating what they collect from taxpayers. as the secretary gener
many years ago in 1999 i worked for the presidential campaign of senator john mccain. what i learned is if you take the word campaign finances reform and string them together enough times you can take the most politically obsessed audience in the world and put them to sleep. kind of thingst the that voters wake up and think about. they think about streets and parks. a question for any panelist, how do you get people, voters, to focus on something that sounds like inside baseball, but could have...